The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-04-15
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


ful, and every farmer should raise sufi-
cient for home use.
Seth Green advises those who think Of
engaging in fish culture to begin ir a
small way and conduct first experiments
as cheapIy as possible.
There is no more convenient way to
start a small number OF early plants Of
cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, ETC., from
seed tnan in boxes placed in the kitchen
windows
Il is cheaper and better to feed cows
we'll during the severe weather, and
thus keep up the flow OF milk. than to
attempt to bring them up again after
falling Off.
Cotton seed meal is cheapening the
cost of linseed meal. Every animal on
the farm should be fed an allowance Of
linseed meal at least three times a week,
and the difference will be noticed.
An English gardener advises trapping
ants with bones upon which some meat
has been left, and dipping occasionally
in hot water. For "slugs and wine
wOrms,'' he uses pieces of potato or
carrot
Cattle should not he permitted to feed
on clover land ~ the early spring, ds the
crop will hardly be able to develop in
full vIgOr if this be done. either should
stock be permitted to Craze on it late in
the autumn. az this renders it liable to
winter killing.
There is no better savings bank on
the farm than the manue heap. 1t is
receptacle upon which every ounce Of
waste material may be placed, and the
daily savings OF small amounts accumu
late into valuable deposits in the course
OF twelve months.
In horse breeding It is as important
that the mare should be perfect as that
the stallion should be so. In fact, some
consider it more 50, and especially is
this the case with the Arabs, who for
centuries excelled all other nations in
their breed Of horses.
COrIsta,ks have much less sweetness
In them before they blossom, OF tassel,
as it IS usually called. Analysis shows
this, and the COW, given her choice of
The two, usually confirms the verdict Os
chemical science. The stalks improve
until the ears are fully formed or begin
TO harden.
L is recommended to steep dried CO
yer in hot water till swollen and soft
and then feed it to fowls in winter, as
they require green food, and this is the
best substitute for grass. The clover,
should first be passed through a hay
cutter and cut irto short lengths before
sleeping.
L. is a remarkable fact that, although
we have IN this country the best breeds
Of caCtle to be found in any portion of
the globe, yet the majority of farmers
have 10 system OF breeding, and use il
the dairy cows that give only one third
the quantity Of butter and milk which
could be derived from an animal of well
known milk and butter breeds.
The culture of nut-bearing trees is
fast becoming a leading industry in the
horticultural world experience has pro-
ven that nuts may be raised successfully
in many of the Northern States, while
the climate of the more Southern States
opens up an avenue for large revenues
from nut culture. Sharp business hor-
ticuIturlsus are already improving their
opportunities.
1t is true that the longer a hog is
kept, the greater the likelihood of loss
from disease OF accident but so far as
the loss from disease is concerned, the
risk is rendered more than proportion
ately greater by wintering. The change
FROM green to dry hard food is favorable
to the development of disease. Disease
is also apt to be induced by the severity
or the weather.
In case of sheep suffering from cold
or lack of food the wool will sometimes
stop growing, and when it starts again
the place Of stopping aud starting will
be distinctly marked on the wool fiber
By bad place. There is nothing like
uniformly good condition, with no
shocks given to the system of the sheep,
for producing a Uniform fiber, and the
best possible wool.
An experienced poIltryman thinks the
cause o. failures in the many attempts
to keep fowls in large numbers is due to
lack Of care. a farmer will rise at 4
O'Clock in the morning to feed and milk
his cows. will carefully clean the stalls
and prepare beds for the cows, and his
work does not end till late. but he will
not do so much work for the hens yet
they pay five times as much profit, in
proportion to the labor and capital in
vested as cows.
If early cucumbers, melons and sum
mer squashes are desired, place pieces of
sod three or four inches square in a
shallow box grass side down and close
together. Sow seeds enough for hill
in the earth Of each piece of sod, The
box may be in hotbed or in a sunny
window. The plants will in due time
f!l the sod with roots, and, when the
weather will allow, transfer each piece
OF sod with its plants to properly ma,
nured hill in the garden.
Il. =. Ware, Of Mass, SAYS that if We
cultivate the apple orchard very highly
year after year, we get a great deal OF